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Shane Gould
Biography
Born the year that Dawn Fraser won her first Olympic Gold medal, Shane Gould (b.1956) in her very brief international career, became one of the world’s greatest female swimmers.
Shane Gould
'Swimming is in my bones'
Portrait story
Shane Gould, Australian champion and Olympic gold medallist talks about her passion for swimming.
W. B. Gould
Biography
Liverpool-born William Buelow Gould (1803-1853) had worked as a draftsman for the London printmaker, Rudolph Ackermann, and as a painter for a Staffordshire pottery before being transported to Van Diemen’s Land for theft in 1827.
1 portrait in the collection
John Gould
Biography
John Gould (1804–1881) is known as the ‘father of Australian ornithology’ for his Birds of Australia, published in seven volumes between 1840 and 1848.
1 portrait in the collection
Mr John Eason, 1838
W. B. Gould
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family 2013
Birds of a feather
Magazine article by Annette Twyman, 2021
Charting a path from cockatiel to finch, Annette Twyman explores her family portraits and stories.
John Gould, 1849
Thomas Herbert Maguire, M & N Hanhart
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2013
Shane Dye
Biography
Shane Dye (b. 1966), jockey, was born in Matamata, New Zealand, and served his apprenticeship in New Zealand before coming to Australia in 1985.
2 portraits in the collection
Shane Maloney
Biography
Shane Maloney (b. 1953) is the creator of the popular 'Murray Whelan' series of six crime novels, beginning with Stiff (1994) and The Brush-Off (1996) and currently ending at Sucked In (2007).
1 portrait in the collection
Shane Warne AO
Biography
Shane Warne AO (1969–2022) is the most successful wicket taker in Australia's Test history.
1 portrait in the collection
Shane Dye, 1994 (printed 2009)
Ern McQuillan OAM
Portrait, inkjet print on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased 2009
Jianna Georgiou
Shane Reid
Image
Stable Scene with Shane Dye, 2000
Noel McKenna
Portrait, oil on canvas
Gift of the artist 2019. Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
The crime writer Shane Maloney, 2004
Rick Amor
Portrait, oil on canvas
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of the artist 2010
Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program
Shane Warne, 2006
Robin Sellick
Portrait, type C photograph on paper
Purchased 2006
Shane Maloney and Rick Amor
'Big canvas, small head'
Portrait story
Artist Rick Amor and author Shane Maloney relate divergent experiences of the creation of Shane's portrait.